The M+G+R Foundation

The Return of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Recognize the Signs

They Are and Will Continue to Be Crystal Clear

INTRODUCTION

Some
of the Faithful believe that certain teachings and exhortations of
Saint Paul "missed the mark" a few times. This is an erroneous belief
that we
have addressed already. (1)
Likewise, his identification of the signs associated with the
return of Our Lord Jesus Christ are on target. Saint
Paul explains to us, in no uncertain terms,
how to
identify and determine its proximity through his Second Epistle to the
Thessalonians [2 Thes. 2:1-11](2)

++ Verses [1-3]

And we beseech you,
brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering
together unto him: That you be not easily moved from your sense, nor be
terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from
us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand. Let no man deceive you by
any means, for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition,...

The M+G+R Foundation Comments:Clearly "a revolt" (the apostasy)(3)manifests itself first.
Afterwards,
"the son of perdition" will appear. Note that "son of perdition" is an
individual and not a concept
or philosophy.

++ Verse[4]

Who opposeth, and is lifted
up above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as
if he were God.

The M+G+R
Foundation Comments:"The man of sin" = "The son of
perdition" = "The Antichrist" = "The False Christ" claims that he is
God. In
reality, the Antichrist
should be
called the False Christ. i.e., counterfeit
money
is printed to be passed as real money, not to be easily identified as
false. Thus, it is
"counterfeit
money" and not "anti money". (4a) (4b)

++Verses[5-6]

Remember
you not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And
now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time.

The M+G+R Foundation Comments:When
the "son of perdition" manifests himself (and not the concept of
"perdition"),
the False Christ in person, what we are told in...

(a)
The Book of Revelations [16:13-16 & 11:19]; and,(b) The following verse [8]

...then will take
place.

Therefore, the Return of Our
Lord takes place immediately thereafter.
That is, the "appointed time" for the manifestation of the False
Christ,
will take place shortly before the Return of Our Lord.

++ Verses [7-8]

For the mystery of iniquity
already worketh; only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be
taken out of the way. And then that wicked one shall be revealed whom
the Lord Jesus
shall kill with the spirit of his mouth; and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming,...

The M+G+R
Foundation Comments:Being
satan, satan, the
"mystery of iniquity" has been at work from time immemorial. However,
it does not mean that
satan
has already manifested himself as such in the past; he has done so only
through his precursors.

++ Verses [9-10]

Whose coming is
according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying
wonders, and in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish; because
they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying:

The M+G+R
Foundation Comments:Whomever
did not accept
the "love of the truth" will fall victim of the seduction. This is the
immense value of John Paul II's Encyclical "Veritatis Splendor" and miguel de
Portugal's document on the importance of internal and external
coherence (5)
in being able to distinguish the real
from the counterfeit. God
has
given us one more opportunity to assist us in discerning the
truth.

++ Verse[11]

That all may be judged who
have not believed the truth, but have consented to iniquity.

The M+G+R
Foundation Comments:This
is the "last filtering
device". The ability to discern what is "true" from what is
"false" is what God will use to separate the chaff that is mixed in
with the
"wheat". As
you
may see, it is an automatic selective process which was clearly defined
2,000 years ago by Saint Paul. To
better understand
Verse 11, above, one must carefully review the teachings found
in the 1st Book of Kings. (4)

Originally
issued only for Worldwide
Ecclesiastical
Distribution on
February 20,
1994. Nazare, Portugal

Notes and new Links
added on September 14, 2005, 2007 and February 13, 2015

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